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Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Coptotomus loticus larva - Coptotomus

Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Coptotomus loticus larva - Coptotomus
Ossipee River, 1.6 km E Effingham Falls, Hwy. 25, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
August 22, 2008
Adults present to suggest association.

Moved
Moved from Coptotomus loticus.

Weird larva
I had no idea that some larvae could look like this. They must be pretty active. Are they predaceous?

 
Oh yes,
but not so obviously ferocious as other members of this family.

 
Nice shot...
especially of the diagnostic lateral gills..I've yet to encounter the larva of this genus

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